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The first U.S probe got on th moon
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The launching of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union began the "space war" with the United States.
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Explorer 1 was the first Amercian satellite put into earth's orbit
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Yuri A. Gagarin was the first man to orbit. he was Soviets and launched in April 12, 1961
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Luna 9 was the first space craft to have a soft luna landing.
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Dec. 21, 1968 the Apollo 8 orbited the moon 10 times before retuning to earth
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Apollo 11 was the first flight that took men to the moon and was a project of the United States.
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Apollo 17 was the last or most recent moon landing by the United States.
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On July 8, Atlantis blasted off on NASA as the fnal shuttle mission and ended half a century of space races with russia triumphant moonwalks and big leaps for mankind.
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The race between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first nation to send a man into space and to land on the moon
